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EPA posts final aquaculture effluents rule on Web
Please visit this URL or see the below information to review a pre-publication copy of the final effuent guideline rule for the US aquaculture industry. The final rule will be published in the Federal Register in the near future. EPA has also provided additional background information related to this final rule.
This rule provides site specific management decisions and flexibility between regulated facilities and permit authorities to address both environmental protection and practical facility-level options for compliance. The limited required reporting and development of a BMP plan provide a means of monitoring compliance and establishing communications as needed between facilities and permit authorities.
Gary Jensen
USDA-CSREES
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Effluent Guideline
Aquatic Animal Production Industry
Final Rule
* Fact Sheet (1 page summary)
* Pre-publication copy of the Federal Register Notice / Final Rule (PDF, 369 KB, 162 pages)
The Acting Deputy Administrator signed the following notice on June 30, 2004, and we are submitting it for publication in the Federal Register. While we have taken steps to ensure the accuracy of this pre-publication version, it is not the official version for purposes of compliance. Please refer to the official version in a forthcoming Federal Register publication, or on GPO's website, the EPA website or linked from this website at the time of publication.
Proposed Rule
* Notice of Data Availability (December 29, 2003)
* Federal Register Notice (September 12, 2002)(HTML) (PDF)
* Fact Sheet (August 2002)(PDF, 76KB)
* Support Documents
- Draft Guidance for Aquatic Animal Production Facilities to Assist in Reducing the Discharge of Pollutants (EPA-821-B-02-002)
- Development Document (EPA-821-R-02-016)
- Economic and Environmental Analysis (EPA-821-R-02-015)
* Public Meetings
- See the Federal Register Notice (October 17, 2002) (PDF, 35KB) for more details.
- Presentation used for the Seattle Public Meeting (Power Point) (PDF, 383KB) (this is not a stand alone document, but is available for review during the comment period). (November 7, 2002)
Preliminary Rule Development
Fact Sheet (February 2000) announcing EPA's effort to develop pollutant controls in the form of nationally applicable discharge standards (known as effluent limitations guidelines and standards) for commercial and public aquatic animal production facilities.
Data Collection
* EPA is collecting data from aquatic animal production facilities. These data will be used to support the development of effluent limitations guidelines and standards for the aquatic animal production point source category. To facilitate the data collection effort, EPA has developed two questionnaires. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), U.S.C. 3501 et seq., Federal Agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prior to data collection efforts. EPA has obtained such approval for the Screener Survey. OMB reviewed EPA's Information Collection Request to collect data through a more detailed questionnaire. The comment period for the Information Collection Request submitted to OMB is closed.
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